10 female school teachers jump to safety after van catches fire

BUREWALA   -   A van carrying female school teachers caught fire while on the move; however, all the ten teachers jumped off the vehicle and remained unhurt, but the fire left the van blackened and burnt, rescuers said on Friday. The incident occurred at Chak 263/EB in the suburbs of Burewala where the school van was transporting teachers of Government Girls High School Chak 263/EB back to their homes. On the way, fire erupted suddenly due to short circuit forcing the school teachers to jump to safety. A team of Rescue 1122 reached the spot and extinguished the flames; however, by that time the van had turned charred.

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